January 19, 2024

KYLE SUCHY - HERMISTON HORNETS CHAMP

  “My season did not start with the intent of a run for a championship as I was not sure how many races we would be able to make as my wife and I just had twin boys on December 1, 2022,” Kyle Suchy wrote in an email.

But the season began with a bang — good kind that is.

“The first race at Hermiston Raceway, our third generation race car was a rocket ship,” Suchy explained.

“We sat fast with the invert start for of the main event and would be starting sixth” Suchy said. “We took the lead within just a few laps and led all the way to the checkered.”

Race number two at Hermiston would be a repeat of the first race, setting fast time, which would put us starting on the pole. “We led from the green flag to checkered flag,” Suchy said.

This would be his only two wins at Hermiston, but the rest of the races Suchy would finish in the top five, which kept him in the points lead for the entire season.

“Coming down to the last race we were leading by only nine points,” Suchy said. “We knew what we had to do. We had to keep the car in one piece and finish again. “

Suchy had a good car with a third generation race car set up in it. “We would finish the race in fifth place, which gave us enough points to stay in the lead and win the track championship.”

The Irrigon, Oregon driver ended with an eight -point cushion over Hermiston’s David Knowles.

Hermiston Raceway 2023 Hornets

 Pos.           Car #          Competitor                                                  Points    Gap
1..................41.............Kyle Suchy Irrigon, OR ...........................408     -
2..................33.............David Knowles Hermiston, OR............400    -8
3..................88x...........Kyle Franklin Kennewick, WA..............381    -27
4..................77.............Joe Vandecar Umatilla, OR....................337    -71
5..................18.............Shiyenne Swaggart Hermiston, OR....292    -116